High School category, Page 472
Penn Hills softball looking to shuffle lineup into winning hand
Ashley Banner would be the first to say that Penn Hills softball’s result against North Hills wasn’t what the team hoped to get out of the contest. For the second straight game, Penn Hills was on the wrong side of a lopsided loss. What the results have highlighted for Banner...
Bats lead the way in Pine-Richland softball’s playoff quest
As the halfway point of a 16-game Section 1-6A slate neared, the Pine-Richland softball team put itself in the mix for a top-six section finish and a spot in the playoffs. If the Rams find their way in, it’ll likely be with the powerful aluminum sticks they carry to the...
Pine Creek Journal notebook: Pine native Ty Voit lighting it up in Ontario Hockey League
Pine native Ty Voit has gained a reputation as the best passer in the Ontario Hockey League, tallying a league-leading 81 assists in 56 regular season games. He’s continued setting up his teammates at an astounding rate in the postseason. Voit, 19, had six assists to help the Sarnia Sting...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 15, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Ambridge 12, Ellwood City 8 Avonworth 8, Alliance (OH) 2 Ringgold 5, Morgantown (WV) 1 Seneca Valley 16, Quaker Valley 1 Serra Catholic 9, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 1 South Fayette 10, Chartiers Valley 0 Lacrosse Saturday’s results Boys Nonsection North...
High school roundup for April 15, 2023: Upper St. Clair’s Dani Prunzik races to gold at TSTCA meet
Upper St. Clair sprinter Dani Prunzik, the defending WPIAL 100 meters champ, was at it again Saturday, winning the 100- and 200- meter dashes at the TSTCA Outdoor Championships at West Mifflin. Prunzik, a Penn State recruit, won the 100 in 11.79 and the 200 in 24.90, and Upper St....
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Sydney Selker, Kiski Area’s Dom DiNinno
Sydney Selker Class: Junior School: Freeport Sport: Softball Report card: Selker played a key role in two victories this week. She hit a walk-off RBI double in the seventh inning to lead Freeport to a 3-2 victory over Burrell in Section 1-3A softball Wednesday and also held the Bucs to...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Mt. Pleasant swim coach honored
Sandy Felice will tell you she does not have to do much to get her swimmers ready at Mt. Pleasant. The coach is well aware the team has assembled some of the top talent in the state. But sometimes the accolades go to the person in charge. Felice was honored...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Carson Shuglie, Franklin Regional’s Monroe Law
Carson Shuglie School: Hempfield Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: In four games this week, Shuglie went 5 for 11 with four home runs, including two grand slams, six runs scored, a walk and 13 RBIs. His performance helped Hempfield win two three-game series, going 2-1 against Central Catholic...
WPIAL Baseball rankings: Week ending April 16, 2023
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 9-0, 1 2. North Allegheny 5-2, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 9-3, 4 4. Hempfield, 7-3, NR 5. Butler, 5-5, 3 Out: Central Catholic (3-5, 5) Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 9-1, 1 2. Bethel Park, 6-3, 5 3. North...
Highlands grad Slosky ran his way into Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Tom Slosky’s decorated career as a distance runner and coach earned him a call to the hall. The Highlands and Duquesne graduate is among those scheduled for induction into the Alle-Kiski Sports Hall of Fame on May 20 at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center in Harmar. A few weeks after the...
500-game winner Dana Petruska retires as Mars basketball coach, cites ‘some parent situations’
Mars girls basketball coach Dana Petruska is retiring after 37 years and more than 500 wins, in part because there were too many wannabe coaches in the stands. Petruska said this was a frustrating winter for various reasons, some being nobody’s fault. The team lost a top player to a...
Young Plum softball team battling through challenging early schedule
The Plum softball team found itself in a hole at Shaler in a Section 1-5A game April 12. The Titans led 7-0 after two innings and threatened to blow out the youthful Mustangs. But Plum didn’t fold its tent and mounted a rally, drawing to within four in the sixth...
Plum baseball looks to build momentum after narrow victory over Penn-Trafford
Last year, the Plum baseball team lost seven games. Five of the seven were decided by two runs or less, including a two-run setback to Shaler in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. The Mustangs also won four of their 12 games by one run. Plum has...
Norwin notebook: After slow start, baseball team finds footing
After a slow start, the Norwin baseball team is regaining its footing. The Knights opened the season with four straight losses but rebounded by winning two out of three games against Baldwin in a three-game Section 2-6A series. Chris Slatt went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs,...
After taking lumps last season, Norwin boys lacrosse taking steps forward
Norwin missed out on the WPIAL Class 3A boys lacrosse playoffs last year, but there is optimism around the team that a postseason return could be imminent. A young team is growing into its uniform. “We believe we have a great group with quality leaders, young talent and solid veterans,”...
Deep North Allegheny girls track and field team takes aim at defending WPIAL title
Recent history says the North Allegheny girls have a good chance to repeat as WPIAL team track champions later this spring. Consider, in the past 30 years, no Class 3A girls champion has won the title only once. Teams tend to win it again and again. For instance, the Butler...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers softball falls to No. 4 Norwin
The second-ranked North Allegheny softball team dropped a 10-7 decision to No. 4 Norwin in a Class 6A section game April 12. Josey Michalski had three hits, including a home run, and five RBIs to lead Norwin to a comeback win. Emma Novotnak doubled and drove in a pair of...
Hampton’s Eric Weeks makes headlines in 3 sports
Hampton senior Eric Weeks’ offseason between basketball and baseball this year lasted about 12 hours. The morning after Hampton’s PIAA basketball playoff loss March 14, he joined his baseball teammates to take a bus to North Carolina for a three-day camp. The hectic schedule is standard procedure for Weeks, a...
Sparked by arrival of basketball star Vinnie Cugini, Aquinas Academy volleyball thriving
When Aquinas Academy senior Vinnie Cugini joined the school’s boys volleyball team for the first time this spring, he had mild expectations. “I really thought it would be something cool and relaxing to do,” said Cugini, the WPIAL’s all-time boys basketball scoring leader. “I thought it could be something I’m...
Part-time player Will Siegel of Fox Chapel makes noise on WPIAL tennis scene
Will Siegel’s entrance to the season for the Fox Chapel tennis team first requires him to dig his racquet out of the closet. Due to Siegel’s commitment to the Foxes basketball team, which qualified for the PIAA Class 5A tournament and had the season extend into March, he usually doesn’t...
Fox Chapel girls lacrosse looking to make pieces fit
The Fox Chapel girls lacrosse team is searching for better ways to support each other. When it comes to trying to earn a spot in the WPIAL playoffs, the Foxes have been focused on making sure things run smoothly from top to bottom. Fox Chapel wanted to rebound quickly from...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 14, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 5, North Allegheny 2 Nonsection Belle Vernon 4, Elizabeth Forward 3 Bentworth 6, Jefferson-Morgan 3 California 12, Frazier 11 Carmichaels 6, Charleroi 2 Eden Christian 12, Northgate 2 Fort Cherry 2, Cornell 0 Greensburg Salem 14, Connellsville 7 Indiana...
West Mifflin celebrates win over McKeesport, another shutout for Addison Hilligsberg
Friday was West Mifflin softball coach Erik Hilligsberg’s birthday. “We’ve played two or three times (on his birthday) and they’ve responded and we’ve won,” Hilligsberg said. “Maybe every game should be on my birthday.” The birthday boy got his wish as his Titans played a complete game in shutting out...
Kiski Area wins relay with personal-best time at Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational
The Kiski Area boys 3,200-meter relay team came into Friday’s Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational looking to improve. They did just that. In the first race of the meet, the team of Paul Roberts, Justin Gross, Justin Tucker and Samuel Plazio breezed to a victory with a personal-best time of 8 minutes,...
Hempfield’s Peyton Murray, Franklin Regional’s Monroe Law shine at invitational
Hempfield junior Peyton Murray and Franklin Regional freshman Monroe Law had strong performances Friday at the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational at Memorial Stadium. Both were double winners. Murray won the shot put and discus. Murray heaved the shot put 53 feet, 8 inches and tossed the discus 164-0. He has the...
